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Will Forte
Doug Kenney

Domhnall Gleeson
Henry Beard

Martin Mull
Modern Doug

Neil Casey
Brian McConnachie

Jon Daly
Bill Murray

Nelson Franklin
P.J. O'Rourke

John Gemberling
John Belushi

Rick Glassman
Harold Ramis

Seth Green
Christopher Guest

Harry Groener
Harry Kenney
A Futile and Stupid Gesture is a comedy, drama film released in 2018 exploring themes of biography. Directed by David Wain, it stars Will Forte, Domhnall Gleeson, Martin Mull. In a life full of triumph and failure, "National Lampoon" co-founder Doug Kenney built a comedy empire, molding pop culture in the 1970s.
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